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TinyML Pet Activity Tracker: From XIAO BLE Sense to Edge Impulse

TinyML Pet Activity Tracker: From XIAO BLE Sense to Edge Impulse

A DIY pet activity tracker demonstrates how a tiny XIAO BLE Sense board, coupled with Edge Impulse’s cloud ML platform, can classify rest, walk, and run states with 90 % accuracy. The end‑to‑end pipeline—from data collection and spectral feature extraction to a Flutter mobile app—offers a blueprint for custom animal‑health monitoring solutions.

XenonUI: A Modern C++ Cross-Platform UI Framework Blending Retained and Immediate Modes

Developer Sarowar introduces XenonUI v0.9.0-alpha, a lightweight C++ UI framework leveraging SDL3 that combines retained and immediate modes for flexible cross-platform development. Designed for specialized desktop tools and game engine debug UIs, it addresses gaps in existing solutions deemed too heavy or rigid. This hybrid approach empowers developers to mix paradigms based on application needs, potentially reshaping UI prototyping for performance-critical apps.
Revolutionizing Game Development: Crafting the Fastest Blender Exporter for Real-Time Editing

Revolutionizing Game Development: Crafting the Fastest Blender Exporter for Real-Time Editing

In a groundbreaking approach to game development, indie developer Taha has engineered a custom Blender exporter that enables instantaneous real-time updates from Blender edits to a game engine, slashing iteration times and leveraging Blender's robust tools without building a custom editor. This tutorial-style deep dive reveals the technical hurdles overcome—from compiling Blender's source to optimizing for sub-10ms exports—offering developers a blueprint to replicate and enhance their workflows. By sharing his full source code, Taha democratizes this powerful technique, potentially transforming how teams handle level design and asset integration.

The Exit Tax Era: How Remote Work, AI, and Bleeding-Edge Talent Are Colliding with 20th-Century Tax Codes

As skilled technologists gain unprecedented freedom to live and work anywhere, Western governments are quietly tightening exit tax regimes to keep them financially captive. The resulting standoff between mobile talent and immobile fiscal systems could reshape where startups are founded, where IP resides, and which countries own the next generation of innovation.